Introduction and overview / Herbert S. Parnes -- Changes in black-white labor market opportunities, 1966-1976 / Thomas N. Daymont -- Job loss among long-service workers / Herbert S. Parnes, Mary G. Gagen, and Randall H. King -- Impairment and labor market outcomes / Thomas N. Chirikos and Gilbert Nestel -- Black-white differences in labor force participation of older males / Donald O. Parsons -- The retirement experience / Herbert S. Parnes and Gilbert Nestel -- The impact of health problems and mortality on family well-being / Frank L. Mott and R. Jean Haurin -- Summary and conclusions / Herbert S. Parnes